Designation of Mount Taylor results in beatings and arrest

The fight over Mount Taylor's designation as a Traditional Cultural Property has led to bloodshed and an arrest. Five Native American men reported severe beatings between June 9 and June 18, according to Grants Police Department reports. Another known beating was not reported by the victim and details are unknown, except that it follows a similar pattern to the other racial violence. “We made a report to the FBI for hate crimes,” said GPD Detective Kevin Dobbs, “and they'll get back to us.” According to reports, an anonymous caller told officers that Longoria was boasting of “beating up the men because the Native Americans had got Mount Taylor and now they owned him.” Seven known victims were barraged by rocks, struck with bats and gashed with knives and brass knuckles. The following are multiple accounts of the incidents from the victims to officers...CibolaBeacon